Former government minister Juergen Chrobog walks in a hotel in the southern Yemeni city of Aden December 31, 2005. Yemeni tribesmen freed Chrobog and hostage negotiator, his wife and three children on Saturday after abducting them while they were on holiday and holding them captive for three days. Yemen's defence minister had been leading talks on securing the release of Chrobog and his family, who were seized in eastern Yemen on Wednesday by a group of men seeking the release of fellow tribesmen jailed for murder and other crimes. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

Former government minister Juergen Chrobog walks in a hotel in the southern Yemeni city of Aden December 31, 2005. Yemeni tribesmen freed Chrobog and hostage negotiator, his wife and three children on Saturday after abducting them while they were on holiday and holding them captive for three days. Yemen's defence minister had been leading talks on securing the release of Chrobog and his family, who were seized in eastern Yemen on Wednesday by a group of men seeking the release of fellow tribesmen jailed for murder and other crimes. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah